Iodine and Magnesium Levels in Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood of Preeclamptic and Normal Pregnant Women
β Scribed by Bunyamin Borekci; Mine Gulaboglu; Mustafa Gul
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Volume
- 129
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-4984
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